''The North Wind'' is a painting by Australian painter Frederick McCubbin, thought to have been painted in around 1888. The painting depicts a young family—the woman and child in a dray, the man and a dog on foot—making "its way down a bush track, buffeted by the treacherous ‘north wind’". The painting was acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in 1941 through the

Felton Bequest Alfred Felton (8 November 1831 – 8 January 1904) was an Australian entrepreneur, art collector and philanthropist. Biography Alfred Felton was born at Maldon, Essex, England, the fifth child of six sons and three daughters of William Felton, a ...

. The NGV undertook a major restoration of the painting in 2014 funded with assistance from the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Art Conservation Project.

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''The North Wind''
- National Gallery of Victoria 1888 paintings Horses in art Paintings by Frederick McCubbin Paintings in the National Gallery of Victoria {{Australia-culture-stub